Best Pirate Games on Steam

Pirate games pull in two directions, and the good ones commit to one. Some are about the ship - wind, broadsides, a crew shouting over each other and a horizon with nothing on it. Others are about the life - the debts, the crews you betray, the port you cannot go back to. This list covers both, from a shared-world sandbox you sail with friends to a deckbuilder where your whole voyage fits on a handful of cards. Every game here has Steam achievements, and a few of them have some of the longest lists on the site, so there is real completion work in these waters.

1

Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition

The most complete version of the pirate fantasy: a shared world where other crews are real players and a loaded ship is worth attacking. Its achievement list is enormous and split across trading companies, so this is a long-haul completion rather than a weekend.

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2

Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™

Still the benchmark for ship-to-ship combat, with a Caribbean map that rewards sailing off in the wrong direction. The achievements lean on exploration and naval upgrades rather than on the stealth missions, which suits the game much better.

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3

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Majima with a ship and a crew, which is exactly as chaotic as it sounds. Brawling and side content carry most of the runtime, and the naval sections are a genuine second game bolted on rather than a minigame.

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4

SUNLESS SEA

Not a swashbuckler - a slow, lamplit crawl across a subterranean ocean where terror and hunger are stats and most captains die. It is the best writing on this list by a distance, and the achievements are tied to discovering things the game deliberately hides.

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5

Return to Monkey Island

The comedy end of piracy, where the challenge is a puzzle chain rather than a cannon. Its hint system means the achievements stay achievable even when the logic gets strange, which makes it the easiest completion here.

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6

Skull and Bones

Almost entirely about the ship rather than the person standing on it - naval combat, cargo routes and contested waters. The achievement list follows that focus, so expect progression and hunting targets rather than anything on foot.

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7

Abandon Ship

Age-of-sail combat as a tactical roguelike, with a crew you position and a hull that floods while you argue about it. Eighty-seven achievements over runs that are meant to be lost, so it rewards learning the systems rather than grinding one save.

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8

Pirates Outlaws

A deckbuilder wearing a tricorn: card-based duels, relics and a map of increasingly unpleasant ports. The achievement list is one of the longest on this page and is built around unlocking and clearing with every character.

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9

King of Seas

A lighter, more arcade take - procedural seas, loot, and upgrades that visibly change how your ship handles. A good entry point if the bigger sandboxes feel like too much bookkeeping.

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10

Tempest: Pirate Action RPG

A compact open-sea RPG with trading, missions and the occasional sea monster. Rough around the edges, but its achievements are mostly straightforward progression, so it is a realistic completion in a handful of evenings.

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11

Blazing Sails

Pirate battle royale played from the deck: crews scramble between the wheel, the cannons and the repair kit while sinking. Short achievement list, and almost all of it comes from playing matches rather than chasing anything specific.

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Updated 2026-09-11. Every game links to its full SteamVault page with achievement stats, rarity and community completion times.